<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:13px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1510868218296_10727"><font size="5" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1510868218296_10889">Many years ago, I welded up a tool from some angle iron. I bolt it to the side of the block with 2 bolts. the other side of the tool engages 2 teeth of the ring gear. Then you can torque without problems.</font></div><div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1510868218296_10726"><font size="5"> </font></div><div class="signature" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1510868218296_10728"><font size="5" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1510868218296_10891">Regards from Alex Robertson, Nambour, Australia, 4560.</font></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1510868218296_10729"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1510868218296_10761" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 13px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1510868218296_10760"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Sans-Serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1510868218296_10759"> <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1510868218296_10758"> <font size="2" face="Arial" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1510868218296_10757"> <hr size="1" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1510868218296_10756"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> "spridgets-request@autox.team.net" <spridgets-request@autox.team.net><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> spridgets@autox.team.net <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Friday, 17 November 2017, 7:00<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Spridgets Digest, Vol 80, Issue 15<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1510868218296_10762"><br><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1510868218296_10859">Send Spridgets mailing list submissions to<br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1510868218296_10764"> <a ymailto="mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net" href="mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1510868218296_10763">spridgets@autox.team.net</a><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1510868218296_10765"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1510868218296_10766">To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1510868218296_10768"> <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/spridgets" target="_blank" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1510868218296_10767">http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/spridgets</a><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1510868218296_10864">or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1510868218296_10770"> <a ymailto="mailto:spridgets-request@autox.team.net" href="mailto:spridgets-request@autox.team.net" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1510868218296_10769">spridgets-request@autox.team.net</a><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1510868218296_10771"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1510868218296_10772">You can reach the person managing the list at<br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1510868218296_10774"> <a ymailto="mailto:spridgets-owner@autox.team.net" href="mailto:spridgets-owner@autox.team.net" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1510868218296_10773">spridgets-owner@autox.team.net</a><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1510868218296_10775"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1510868218296_10776">When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<br></div><div dir="ltr">than "Re: Contents of Spridgets digest..."<br></div>Today's Topics:<br><br> 1. Torquing bolts & nuts (Andy Webster)<br> 2. Re: Torquing bolts & nuts (Ron Soave)<br> 3. Re: Torquing bolts & nuts (Bob Kitterer)<br><div id="ymsg69339" class="ymsg2416744237" src="mid://AGeq1QoAADrEWg38WgpUiNfXFV0/3.1"><div id="yiv0724984627"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml><o:OfficeDocumentSettings><o:AllowPNG/><o:PixelsPerInch>96</o:PixelsPerInch></o:OfficeDocumentSettings></xml><![endif]--><div>
Greetings <div>Do you guys have any tricks to stop the engine turning when you torque up say, camshaft retaining nut or flywheel bolts?</div><div>Both of these call for a fair bit of torque, and the engine wants to turn over making it more difficult, especially if you're doing it solo.</div><div><br></div><div>If any of you have a trick for keeping the engine from turning , I'd like to learn of it.</div><div>Can't remember what I did last time..probably had an assistant with a large screwdriver on the ring gear teeth or something.</div><div>Cheers <br><br><br><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://overview.mail.yahoo.com/?.src=iOS">Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone</a><br></div>
</div></div></div><div id="ymsg12076" class="ymsg2416744237" src="mid://AGeq1QoAADrEWg38WgpUiNfXFV0/3.2"><div id="yiv0724984627"><div><div>Yes, a wedge in the ring gear teeth as you say. Sometimes even a block of wood in the starter hole will work. If the oil pan is off, a piece of wood jammed between crank counterweight and block is effective as well. <br><br>Ron Soave</div><div><br>On Nov 15, 2017, at 9:50 PM, Andy Webster via Spridgets <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net">spridgets@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml><o:OfficeDocumentSettings><o:AllowPNG/><o:PixelsPerInch>96</o:PixelsPerInch></o:OfficeDocumentSettings></xml><![endif]-->
Greetings <div>Do you guys have any tricks to stop the engine turning when you torque up say, camshaft retaining nut or flywheel bolts?</div><div>Both of these call for a fair bit of torque, and the engine wants to turn over making it more difficult, especially if you're doing it solo.</div><div><br></div><div>If any of you have a trick for keeping the engine from turning , I'd like to learn of it.</div><div>Can't remember what I did last time..probably had an assistant with a large screwdriver on the ring gear teeth or something.</div><div>Cheers <br><br><br><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://overview.mail.yahoo.com/?.src=iOS">Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone</a><br></div>
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Greetings <div>Do you guys have any tricks to stop the engine turning when you torque up say, camshaft retaining nut or flywheel bolts?</div><div>Both of these call for a fair bit of torque, and the engine wants to turn over making it more difficult, especially if you're doing it solo.</div><div><br></div><div>If any of you have a trick for keeping the engine from turning , I'd like to learn of it.</div><div>Can't remember what I did last time..probably had an assistant with a large screwdriver on the ring gear teeth or something.</div><div>Cheers <br><br><br><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://overview.mail.yahoo.com/?.src=iOS">Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone</a><br></div>
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